A Las Vegas Democratic official who was charged with murdering a reporter who exposed his affair refused to discuss the case in a jailhouse interview and claimed he lives his life to do ‘good for others.’
Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, 45, has been accused of killing Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German, 69, earlier this month.
In a new jailhouse interview with the newspaper, Telles refused to answer any questions about the German case as it is still being investigated.
However, he insisted he has ‘certainly made mistakes’ in his past.
‘I’ve just really try to do my best, to live my life doing good for others, and I’m hoping that, again, with everything that’s rolling around in the media these days, that people really see that,’ he told the Las Vegas Review-Journal from inside the walls of the Clark County Detention Center.
Despite his inability to discuss the case, Telles was arrested on September 7 after DNA evidence found under German’s fingernails allegedly matched the public official’s.
German was found stabbed to death outside his home on September 3, a day after a straw hat-wearing suspect was found on surveillance footage near the journalist’s home.
When police searched Telles’ home, they found bloodied shoes and a cut up straw hat.
Telles’ car – a red GMC – was also found to match the vehicle seen on surveillance. Reporters also stalked the public official’s home and found him washing his car after the incident.
